Editing Checkmate (section)

===Smothered mate===
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| '''Timman vs. Short, 1990'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1124489 |title=Timman vs. Short, Tilburg 1990 |website=[[Chessgames.com]] }}</ref>
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| Smothered mate after 27.Nf7+ Kg8 28.Nh6+ Kh8 29.Qg8+ Rxg8 30.Nf7#.
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A [[smothered mate]] is a checkmate delivered by a [[knight (chess)|knight]] in which the mated [[king (chess)|king]] is unable to move because it is surrounded (or ''smothered'') by its own pieces.<ref>{{harvnb|Hooper|Whyld|1992|p=376}}</ref>

The mate is usually seen in a corner of the board, since fewer pieces are needed to surround the king there. The most common form of smothered mate is seen in the adjacent diagram. The knight on f7 delivers mate to the king on h8 which is prevented from escaping the [[check (chess)|check]] by the [[rook (chess)|rook]] on g8 and the pawns on g7 and h7. Similarly, White can be mated with the white king on h1 and the knight on f2.
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